DECEASED PERSONS' ESTATES

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 29, 2 February 1917, Page 5

DECEASED PERSONS' ESTATES

PUBLIC TRUST BUSINESS.

On application by the Solicitor to the Public Trust Office the Supreme Court of . New Zealand at Wellington has granted probate of the wills of the following deceased persons to the Public Trustee, the executor named in the wills :— Lancelot Joseph Addison, late of Christchurch, settler; James Aiken, or James H. Aiken, Wanganui, gentleman; Jane Bateman,' Mount, Eden, Auckland, widow; Mary Ann Beirne, Greymouth, widow; James Burberry, Wellington, officer in R.N.Z.A.; John Greenwood Clayton, Wellington, veterinary surgeon ; Peter Dalton, Oaonui, farmer ; Katherine Fanny Dimmock, Remuera, Auckland, widow; Annie Discaciati, Greymouth, married woman; John Stevens Donaldson, Diiuedin, crockery and hardware merchant; Samuel Evans, Musselburgh, draper; Agnes Fagan, Wellington, widow; Erasmus Robert Foster, Devonport, retired surveyor; George Gibson, Nelson, farmer; Mai'garet Glass, Kokatahi, married woman; James Gordon, Rolleston, farmer; Charles Henry Gough, Petone, meat preserver; Wilford Higgmbotham, also known as Wilfred Higginbottom, Wellington, settler; John Higgins, Napier, butcher; Joseph Holden, Kaitangata, labourer; Jane Jeannette Hullett, also known as Jane> Janett Hullett, Christchurch, married- woman ; Alfred Francis Jarman, also known as Alfrt-d: Jaiman, Huntly, retired draughtsman; Charles Edward Knowles, ■■ Eimn, West-land, miner ; , David Lang, commercial traveller; John Langmuir, Auckland; surveyor; Elizabeth Hair, Timaru, widow ;' Sarah. Jaue M'Lureu, Dunedin,-married woman; Grace Milne, TaitaJ'widow ; .Margaret Mulhaae, Wellington, widow.; Elizabeth. Ellen Rowell, Christchurch. 1 widow; Francis Nathaniel Savage, also known as Frank Nathaniel Ravage, Nelson, painter and paperhanger; Susannah Severn, Christchurch, widow; Ann Willing Thompson, Lawrence, married woman; Herbert Harold Wardell, Stronvar, ' ilasterton, sheep--farmer; John William Waterworth, Napier, monumental mason; John Watson, lieddon Bush, farmer; Annie Williams, Wellington, widow; Rebecca Ann Wilson, or Rebacca... Welson, Auckland, spinster; James . Young, Howick and Avondale, settler; Mary Ann Young, Southbridge, widow. Probate .of the wills of the following deceased persons has been granted to tlie Public' Trustee, the appointee of the executors named in the wills :— Anno Brereton, Ngatimoti, widow; Charles William Edward Cribb, Greymouth, postal clerk; Edmond Hayes, Lower Hutt, settler; Frederick William Kerr, Christchurch, hotel manager; Elizabeth Lawrence, Christchurch, married woman; Joseph Lowry, 'Wellington, retired'farmer; Jessie M'Rae, Methven, widow; William Murray, Invercargill, plumber; James Martyn Nicholas, Christchurch and Rakaia, retired far-, mer; Mary Woodside, Dunedin, widow. Orders, to administer the estates of the following deceased persons with will annexed have been granted _to the Public Trustee":—Robert Craig, Caroline, farmer; Reginald Charles Dreaper, Erepeti,\ liuakituri Valley, farmer; Walter Orme, late of Chorltou and Christchurch, sawmill-hand. . Orders, to administer the estates of the following deceased intestate persons have been granted to the Public Trustee :—, William Barlow, Mokauiti, farmer; Frank Gladstone Beale, Avondale, clerk; Margaret j| Brandretli, Christchurch, widow; Thomas Chamney, Tarata, farmer ; Sarah Frances Courtney, Napier, widow, Jane Cubbon, Opunake, married woman; John Daly also known as John Reynolds,. Mokai, bushman; Patrick Daveran or Patrick Deveran,. Maori Gully, miner; Michael Joseph Dillon, Greymouth, police. constable; Bernard Charles Evans, Cambridge, storekeeper ; Elias George Gaudin, Wellington, commission agent, William Thomas Gowan, Darlington, New. South Wales, carpenter ; William Greene, Longburn, railway surfaceman; "Annie . Orthelia Hastings, Johnsonville, married woman; James Henderson, Napier, carpenter; John James Hewitt, Sydenham, labourer; George ,Hill, Waharoa, farmer; Samuel JVi'Olnre, Caversham, farmer; James M'Padden, -Hawera, labourer; Annie Mabel Birdie Puddle also known as Annie liable Puddle, Hastings, married woman ; Frederick William Sharp, Sydenham, news vendor; William Short, Awitu, farmer; William Allen Sly, Wellington, tally clerk; Alice Faith Treleaven,_ Christchurch, married woman ; Christina Ynill, Napier, married woffian; Lucio, Fortunato, Zala, The Forks, sawmiller. . . Orders as under were made in connection with the following estates: R. F. Lir^lsay, order under section 87 of the Pii'?Jo Trust Office Act, 1908; I. Kells, qi'der.'to bar a claim;.J. M'K. Ritchie, order' to bar . a claim ; R. C. Dreaper, order to seU realty; E. Morris, order to [sell realty;' P: J. Lewis, order to.distribute '■ estate;: J. Hennessey, order for directions're advertisements; J. Gilliard, order to r distribute estate; M. A. Ward, | order to.'distribute estate; A. Walker, protection' order; E. Scales, protection order; W. Newberry, order declaring, trusts; G. Wenborn, order to sell realty; E. Keesing, order, to sell realty; C. Beck, ' order for appointment of Public Trustee as committee; M. Downie, order- for directions re advertisements; M. R. Staunton, order to sell realty; W. Morris, order for directions re advertisements; i William Gordan, order for directions re advertisements; J. Merry, order to lease.